Charles Sizemore
Saint Jacob
Summary
Hardworking Veteran that is dependable and trustworthy. Great communication skills and a drive to succeed.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/Operator
Sizemore Painting
Saint Jacob, IL
02.2022 - Current
- Managed daily operations, ensuring project completion within deadlines and budget constraints.
- Supervised a team of painters, enhancing productivity through effective training and mentoring.
- Developed client relationships, resulting in repeat business and referrals through exceptional service quality.
- Implemented quality control measures, improving overall work standards and customer satisfaction ratings.
- Coordinated project estimates and bids, optimizing pricing strategies for increased profitability.
Veteran Service Officer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
St. Louis, MO
08.2024 - 03.2025
- Benefits counseling:
- Providing information and guidance on federal and state benefits, including health care, compensation, pensions, burial benefits, and more
- Advocacy:
- Representing veterans and their families with the VA and other agencies
- Claim assistance:
- Helping veterans apply for and submit benefits claims, gather evidence, and track claims
- Appeals:
- Filing appeals if a claim is denied
- Outreach:
- Providing referrals and assistance to veterans and their families for other services, such as educational assistance, home purchases, tax exemptions, and reemployment rights
- Liaison:
- Acting as a liaison between veterans and their families for care at VA Medical Centers and Clinic
Veteran Service Officer
Diabled American Veterans
St. Louis, MO
05.2015 - 06.2021
- Benefits counseling:
- Providing information and guidance on federal and state benefits, including health care, compensation, pensions, burial benefits, and more
- Advocacy:
- Representing veterans and their families with the VA and other agencies
- Claim assistance:
- Helping veterans apply for and submit benefits claims, gather evidence, and track claims
- Appeals:
- Filing appeals if a claim is denied
- Outreach:
- Providing referrals and assistance to veterans and their families for other services, such as educational assistance, home purchases, tax exemptions, and reemployment rights
- Liaison:
- Acting as a liaison between veterans and their families for care at VA Medical Centers and Clinic
Laborer
US Steel
Granite City, IL
10.2014 - 03.2015
- Performs tasks that support various producing units using basic hand tools, pneumatic equipment, gauges, oxygen lances, power actuated tools, and torches.
- Handles, transports, and processes product and materials
- Work with and around materials that may be hot, heavy, or sharp, and hazardous chemicals.
- Ability to perform manual labor and lift more than 25 lbs.
- Assists in inspecting and performing maintenance on equipment.
- Work in various areas of the mill is required. Dependent upon the area, environmental conditions can be hot, cold, dirty, greasy, wet, and noisy.
- You may be required to work near molten metal.
- After brief on the job training, you will be expected to move into a Utility Technician position which includes operation of material handling equipment
- Such as overhead and mobile cranes of various sizes and types, tractors, trucks, dozers, loaders, boom trucks, and feeders.
Combat Engineer
US Army
09.2011 - 01.2014
- Construction:
- Builds fighting positions, bridges, roads, airfields, and military bases
- Demolitions:
- Places and detonates explosives, clears paths, and installs firing systems
- Minefields:
- Emplaces, removes, and reports on scatterable and hand-in-placed minefields
- Breaching:
- Conducts breaching operations
- Vehicle operation:
- Supervises and operates engineer wheeled and track vehicles
- Reconnaissance:
- Conducts reconnaissance missions
- Search and rescue:
- Performs search and rescue operations
- Engineering technologies:
- Researches alternative engineering technologies and writes new policies
Education
High school or equivalent - undefined
Valparaiso Highschool
01.2007
Skills
Assisted in managing case tracking through Microsoft Excel Supported data entry and management tasks to maintain accurate records Contributed to team efforts in organizing information efficiently
Oversaw records management processes to ensure compliance and accessibility
Timeline
Veteran Service Officer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
08.2024 - 03.2025
Owner/Operator
Sizemore Painting
02.2022 - Current
Veteran Service Officer
Diabled American Veterans
05.2015 - 06.2021
Laborer
US Steel
10.2014 - 03.2015
Combat Engineer
US Army
09.2011 - 01.2014
High school or equivalent - undefined
Valparaiso Highschool